Potato Battery writes:
"ZDNet has posted an overview comparing Debian and three first- and second-generation derivatives. LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) is derived directly from Debian Testing, unlike its more famous Ubuntu-derived relative; SolydXK is somewhat of a spinoff from LMDE; and Tanglu is a new offering based on Debian Testing and the Tanglu development team expects to provide a lot of the testing, integration, packaging and distribution of patches and updates to avoid the long development delays and freezes that Debian goes through in the development/distribution cycle.
Everyone knows Debian, and I've dabbled with the Ubuntu-related Mint, but the other two were new to me. Has anyone put them through their paces?"
(Score: 3) by Maow on Saturday March 08 2014, @07:54PM
I know it's not a popular opinion, but I do feel that there are just too many distros available and would personally prefer it if more effort was put into polishing / improving the main ones that are well established.
I am not knocking anyone for putting together their own distros, I'm sure it's a fascinating learning experience and probably scratches an itch, so to speak.
I simply wish some of the enormous effort went elsewhere, that's all.
Said as someone who's a dedicated Linux user for many years.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by jt on Saturday March 08 2014, @10:09PM
It is an increasingly popular opinion. Too many distros are just Ubuntu with a new wallpaper. A fun project for the creator but no real point for anyone else. Much of the best open source software was initially created to 'scratch an itch'; sadly the itch is sometimes just a desire to be a project leader rather than to build something.
(Score: 2, Funny) by rufty on Sunday March 09 2014, @12:10AM